Hemp-brake



W. J. REYNOLDS.

HEMP BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 23. I919:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. REYNOLDS, OF NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY .ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 WILLIAM BBOIVN BUFORD, OF NIGHOLASVI LLE, KENTUCKY.

HEMP-BRAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed. January 23. 1919. Serial No. 272.756.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, VILLIAM J. REYN- oLos, a citizen of the United States, residingat Nicholasville, in the county of J essamine and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hemp- Brakes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hemp brakes hav ing a rotatable beater, and its object is to provide a simple and highly eflicient ma- .chine of this kind, and also one which is rapid in operation.

The object stated is attained by -means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the machine;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof;

Fig. 3 is a cross-section, and

Fig. 1 is a plan view with parts in section.

Referring specifically to the drawings 10 denotesa disk which is fast on a shaft 11 journaled in bearings 12 supported on laterally spaced rails 13 at the top of a supporting frame consisting of standards 14 rising; from suitable base rails 15. The shaft 11 is equipped with a pulley 16 belted to a suitable power source, whereby the shaft is driven to rotate the disk 10. Any other suitable means for driving the shaft 11 may be provided.

The disk 10 is armed 011 both sides with beater bars 17 which latter may be of angle iron bolted or otherwise rigidly fastened to the disk. These bars are not set radially on the disk, but they are arranged tangentially with respect to a circle having for its center the center of the shaft 11.

The disk 10 is also armed with wings 18 extending radially from its periphery, and having a function to be presently described.

The upper half of the disk 10 is housed in a hood 19 having feed openings 20 on one side of the shaft 11, there being an opening in each side of the hood so that the stalks may be fed to both sides of the disk 10, to be acted on by the beater bar 17 thereon. The machine therefore has a large capacity and a large output within a limited period of time is rendered possible.

The hood 19 has bottom recesses 21 to clear the shaft 11, and it seats between the rails 13, and is removably supported on cross bars connecting said rails adjacent to their ends.

The lower half of the disk 10 is not housed and works close to a floor 23 seating on the base rails 15 between the, standards 1d.

On each side of the floor :23 is hinged, as shown at 24 a guard plate 25 to prevent the hurds from being scattered over the operators. The hurds: knocked off the stalks are carried along the floor 23 by the wings 18 and discharged from the forward end thereof, and the hurds which escape sidewise from the disk 10 are caught by the plates 25 and may be thrown back onto the floor by siwinging the plates upwardly as shown in The feed openings 20 extend down to the rails 13, and the latter support feed tables 26 leading to said openings. The outer ends of the feed tables are supported by legs 27.

In operation, the stalks are laid on the tables 26 and fed to each side of the disk 10 through the feed openings 20, one operator being required for each side of the machine. Each operator places a bunch of stalks on his feed table and pushes the stalks through the feed opening against the side of the disk, so that they may be acted on by the beater bars 17. The hurds are disposed of by the rad1al wings 18 as hereinbefore described. After one end of the bunch of stalks has been operated on, the bunch is reversed and the other end is inserted and subjected to a beating action by the bars 17.

In practice, the machine may be mounted on a truck for convenience in transportation to and from the place of use.

I claim:

1. Ahemp brake comprising a rotary disk, beater bars mounted on the side of the disk and extending in the direction of the periphery thereof, a support for feeding the stalks endwise to the side of the disk carrying the beater bars, and radial hurd-discharging win mounted on the periphery of the disk and extending transversely thereof.

2. A hemp brake comprising a rotary disk, beater bars mounted on the side of the disk and extending in the direction of the periphery thereof, a support for feeding the stalks endwise to the side of the disk carrying the heater lra-rs, radial hurd-discharging Wings mounted on the periphery of the disk, and a guard plate alongside the disk and adjustable to carry the hurds' back to the disk for discharge by the radial wings.

3'. A heinp brake comprising a rotary disk, beater bars mounted on the side of the disk and extending in the direction of the periphery thereof, a support for feeding the stalks e'ndwise to the. side of "the disk carrying the heater bars, and means on the disk for discharging the hurds.

' In testimony whereof I alfix my signature.

.WILLIAM J. REYNOLDS. 

